London, England (AHN)-Richard Feachem, executive director of the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria, says research revealing the protective effect of circumcision against HIV is increasingly being seen as a lifesaving procedure which every parent would want for their sons.

According to the report, removing the foreskin is thought to harden the glans (head) of the penis, making it less permeable to viruses, with research conducted in 2005 showing the transmission of HIV from women to men during sex reduced by 60 percent if the men were circumcised

A small charity based in San Francisco has conducted medical trials necessary to prove that a drug is safe to be used to fight black fever, known locally as kala azar, which kills more than half-million people across the world each year.

Currently, the drug is in the process of obtaining approval from the Indian Government. Experts say that a course of treatment that could possibly eliminate the disease would cost just $10

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will donate $104 million to the Global Alliance for TB Drug Development that fights tuberculosis (TB Alliance) in developing nations.

According to the Associated Press, the president of TB Alliance, Maria C Freire said, we are very grateful for this support that quadruples the initial funding the Gates Foundation provided to the TB Alliance and allows us to build on the enormous progress we have made toward shortening TB treatment

The long running fight against AIDS in Africa will soon gain more strength after four corporations pledged on Monday to engage in the fight against the disease across the continent.

The drive, which intends to push other companies to act, will require corporations with global trademarks to contribute a portion of their proceeds to support the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

Researchers say 13 million people in developing countries die from cardiovascular disease.

The staggering figure is almost triple the number of people who die from AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined